House Journal: Page 1830: Thursday, May 3, 2001
25 Sec. 5. Section 272.1, Code 2001, is amended by
26 adding the following new subsection:
27 NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. "Nontraditional conditional
28 license" means the authority that is given to allow a
29 person to legally serve as a practitioner on a
30 temporary basis while the person completes a
31 nontraditional practitioner preparation internship
32 program.
33 Sec. 6. Section 272.2, subsection 13, Code 2001,
34 is amended to read as follows:
35 13. Adopt rules to provide for nontraditional
36 preparation and licensing options for licensing
37 persons who hold, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree
38 from an accredited college or university, but who do
39 not meet other requirements for licensure. At a
40 minimum, the rules shall provide for the following:
41 a. An individual who possesses at least a master's
42 degree in business administration, public
43 administration, or a comparable degree, or who
44 possesses at least a bachelor's degree from an
45 accredited postsecondary institution and life
46 experience equivalent to a master's degree in a
47 management field as determined by rule, and who has
48 been employed for at least ten of the last fifteen
49 years in a management position, may be issued a one-
50 year, nonrenewable, nontraditional conditional
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1 administrator's license if the individual successfully
2 completes a nontraditional practitioner preparation
3 internship program in accordance with section 256.16,
4 subsection 3. An individual may be issued an
5 administrator's license if the individual successfully
6 completes one year of employment as an administrator
7 under a nontraditional conditional license and
8 successfully completes the second course of study set
9 forth in section 256.16, subsection 3. However, an
10 individual licensed pursuant to this paragraph shall
11 be licensed only to serve as an administrator in a
12 school district with an actual enrollment of five
13 thousand five hundred or more pupils.
14 b. An individual who possesses at least a
15 bachelor's degree from an accredited postsecondary
16 institution, who has been employed for at least five
17 consecutive years in an area requiring knowledge and
18 practical application of the individual's
19 postsecondary academic background, who can document,
20 to the satisfaction of the state board of educational
21 examiners, successful experience working with
22 children, may be issued a one-year, nonrenewable
23 nontraditional conditional license to teach students
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